OK, I admit it – we’ve been in holiday mode. Could we have cobbled together a podcast on Sunday morning after New Year’s Eve (or Hogmanay, as we call it in “ma hoose”)? Maybe. 

Would it have been uplifting, entertaining and enlightening?  Maybe not so much.

However, we will be back, renewed and recharged next week when we will have plenty to talk about, starting with the 15-month battle it took for a couple to get the Tribunal (NCAT) just to follow the law on tobacco smoke drift.

And we’ll get into the ongoing debate about whether or not owners should be allowed to attend strata committee meetings.

It’s a right enshrined in law in NSW (although you have to get permission to speak).  It’s also your right in Queensand (although you have to let the secretary know in advance that you’re planning to attend).

But it’s an invitation-only privilege in Victoria.  Why would strata committees want to have their meetings in secret … sorry … private? We’ll pick the bones out of that next week.

Meanwhile I notice that, during our break, a lot of readers have been catching up on episodes they may have missed. Just click on the “Our Podcasts” link at the top of the page and it will take you straight there.

And, in that spirit, here’s another chance to listen to our podcom Hyperbole Towers, a comedy specially written and performed via Zoom during covid, including a guest appearance by our good friend Todd McKenney.

It features a controlling and conniving building manager, a put-upon committee chair, a rebellious strata committee and a mysterious noise emanating from one apartment. What could possibly go wrong?

Enjoy and we’ll be back with a full pod of chat next week.

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